Along with a few other VBCW devotees I'll be running a Big Demo Game for the Siege of Canterbury at Legion on the last Sunday of October down at the Pfizer Social Club in Sandwich, Kent.
It's early days, and I've a move underway, but I thought I'd start a thread to show how it's going but also as a record of my first show game. I hope you'll find it interesting.
Firstly I had to work out which part of Canterbury might come under attack, and I believe it'd be down the Whitstable Road/St Dunstans Street. Now modelling the whole of the city isn't feasible, so I'll concentrate on the edge which is being attacked, which in this scenario has neither city wall nor roads.
Of course today it looks like this;
But in 1938 it looked more like this;
And I've marked the area which the table will represent, the most vital focal point of which is the Westgate.
It'll be interesting to see if the BUF forces attack this old fortification or stick to flanking across fields despite having to ford a few streams.
I'll be modelling the Westgate, primarily from a pair of Pringle tubes. I'll also model one relatively modern building for casting in number to make up the streets, as well as a half timbered one for the older buildings around.
I've started collecting a few pieces with this game in mind, although obviously they'll also be useful for regular gaming.
Firstly this delightful old Britains tree.
Then this china building, which just needs a little work from a bootfair for a quid.
And another china building for the same price
I'll update this thread as and when, although expect more activity as the date approaches.